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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-05

about as Webster's blue spelling book,
containing the picture of the boy in
the apple tree, compares with modern
illustrated press-work. Science is no
longer an abstruse matter for schol-
arly minds in which the masses have no
special interest. 1t has become utilita-
rian, and is being more and more
popularized. To the progress made in
the youngest of sciences-meteorology
and that mainly through the work of
the United States weather service, we
owe much. The system of meteorology
that has been developed and is receiving
popular appreciation is moreover gradu
ally sweeping away the preposterous
claims of weather prophetic power, the
recognition of which has not been COM
plimentary to the general intelligence of
the age.
AS every one knows, the conditions of
the weather most important to human
interests are temperature, wind and rain.
These conditions are associated with the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-05

and animals become restless. The
foreshadowed rain at last falls and
the line of lowest pressure passes
over us. Now, the wind shifts to
the opposite direction, the rain breaks
up in squalls or showers, temperature
falls, pressure increases and the weather
clears off bright and cold, with silvery
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-05

The new State capitol of Texas will be
completed by next june. The State paid for
the building in land valued at $1,000, 600.
The contractors have already made over
81, 0O0, 600 profit ON their bargain. -Exchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-05

Mr.. Powderly has received and read nearly
$4,000 letters, and has answered 1000 ofthem
within the past year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-05
STORMS.
KNOWLEDGE OF wEA TIER IN TIE
PAST AND PRESENT.

What Benjamin Franklin Discovered Years
Ago Concerning the Course of the Wind
What is Known To-day-Scientific Inves-
LEGATIONS and What They Have Shown.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-05

its radiation from the earth, thus, by
storing heat, stimulating plant life and
growth
1t is this concentration of the heat of
the sun upon portion of the earth's sur
face and the lower air strata that origi-
mates the storm. The upper regions of
the atmosphere are cold, and the cold in
creases as distance from the earth is in
creased. Impelled by its buoyancy,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-11-05
HOW ARDS LETTER.
THE SHOP-GIRL PROBLEM MYSTI-
FLYING ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE.

Generally the Brightest and Best-dressed
Women of New YOrk-Their Wages and
How They Are Spent -Thoughtlessness
and SeIfshness on the Part of Employers.
, 1887-08-18
send Jefferson Territory Thursday August Is 1887
4 a'icasaut F.cttcy.

Eecogn izinE the kindly. generous
spirit in " Lich tI,c Semitic Post InfcUi-
gcucsr has treated Port Townsend on
the University question, an invitation
was seLt to tbe editors to attend our
ceremonies sf s1rehking ground. The
following is tNeir reply:
SEATTLE. W T, aug. ., 1887.
ALLEN WE1E:-.5ec. Board of Trarlc-
Dsn' Sir beg to acknowledge the
receipt IF your valued favor OF +he Sth
inst, inviting Mr.. Hunt and myself to be
present ON The occasion Of breaking
ground for yOur University, and to thanl.
you for She kind expressions contained
therein. IrsETet that l am compelled to
announce the inability of both of rs to
attend exercises ut an event which
should be a matter for So much conerat-
ulatlnn on the part Of the people of Port
Townsend. We trust, however. that tie
programme of We ednesday will lie car
riel at under the most favorable oircum
stances and surroundings and that, after
the very commendGhle exertions made
by your citizens to forward an institn-
ton OF learning in your city, the success
of the endeavor will be celebrated under
the happiest auspices,
Very Truly Yours,
Il. c. WAsHEURS.
, 1887-08-18
HOSPITAL FOR THE SICK.

Mrs. Janet DalSardno seems to
have become quite a success in es-
tablishing hospital for the care OF
sick and INDECENT pCor The site is
a pleasant and healthful location Just
west of town, and the surroundings
and advantages are such that the in-
stitution cannot fail to become popu-
lar. 1t is learned that contracts will
be sought with adjoining counties
for maintaining their county charges
We feel like predicting satisfactory
fulfillment of any such contract.
Mrs. Dalgardno can care for patients
at low cost, and give them the best
of treatment. e
, 1887-08-18
lFrom Fr!day's Daily,

Tho long over due bark RydaImere
arrived this morning, 215 days from
Maryport, England. The cargo consists
of 1907 tons railroad iron. The duty Oh
which is 224,S41. Captaii Green, in
sreaking of the passage, said he believed
if the ship lad 20 tons more on board
she would have gone down IN some of
the heavy weather she experienced.
Am ship Lucy G.. Burgess has been
purchased by J. Jensen and others for
$50, 600 for the cOastiDg trade. She is
1886 tons built in Thomaston, Maine, by
S. Watts in 1877. cassed a l, 217.5 feet
long, 4I.2 feet beam, 2I s feet depth and
carries 2500 tons coal.
On the ship Spartan bound to the
Sound several lonqshoremen wee taken
for an airing. This may accou;. son =
what for the long passages made y some
vessels coming north.
The ship Highland Light which sailed
from Tacoma some time ago was towed
from San Francisco bar To san Diago by
the tug Relief. The distance of 496
miles was made in 50 hours, averaging
g knots per hour. The Relief Will tow
the Highland Light to San Francisco.
Norwegian bark Benguela, Fuglesang,
;yading lumber at Port Blakely for Mel
bourne will complete her cargo today
Tug Mogul will tow her here to ship her
crew.
Tug Tacoma passed down last evening
with the ship Ivanhoe. coal laden from
Seattle for San Francisco.
Ship Spartan, Captain Malgram, ar
rived yesterday, a days from San Fran
cisco, and proceed to Seattle, where she
loads return cargo of coal.
Str. Walia Walla, Capt. Hanson, ar
rived yesterday from San Francisco au6
proceeded to Seattle, where she loads {
cargo of c"al for Portland.
The steamship Empire, Capt Butler
arrived in Nanaimo after 4 long run up
from San Francisco, Of 10 days, caused
bv. continued head winds and heavy
seas, obliglns her to put in Port Oxford
for shelter, where she remained three
days.
Bark James Cheston. Capt. Cater
havIng taken part cargo at Port Gam
bic. goes to Port Ludlow today TO com
p!eta her cargo for Oakland.
Bark. R X. Ham, Capt Cove. sail
from Port Blakely today. lumber ladel
for San Francisco. Tug Biakely vii
tow her TO sea.
Ship TopSallant, Capt. Viekberg, ar
riveI yesterday, 81 days from San Fran
cisco. She was iowed to Port Blakel
by the tag BIakely, where she loads
return cargo of lumber.
B.. ship General Gordan, leading
lumber at Fort Ludlow for Melt ourn
wharf. completed her cargo yesterday
Consisting Of 1853 90l feet of lumber
Tug Tyec " IL tow her here today
German bark Sieben, Capt. Brnhr
which has been loading lumber at POI
; Ludlow sor sydney. completed her carg
yesterday.
d. Bk. Martha, Capt. McPbersol
2 loading lumber at Port Ludlow fe
sydney, is having new upper spars mad
, 1887-08-18

The scarcity of seamen in San Fran
CISCO is such that masters are obliged TO
ship any one that comes along.
Telegraphic news from the drouth
stricken regions, of which Des
Moines, Iowa, is the center, is des-
caring. No rain; scorching heat,
There has been a general storm
throughout Wisconsin and that
section of the northwest. The rains
have checked the progress of forest
fires.
The Rocky Mountain locust has
made its appearance in large num-
bers in the Bear river settlement,
40 miles from Saskatoon, New
Mexico, and has eaten up the crops.
Collections were taken up Sun
day in every German Catholic
church in Pittsburg 10 erect n Ger
man memorial house in New York
city in honor Of the pope's jubilee.
The sentence of the four boodlers
who were merely fined iii Chicago
I.has been deferred until Thursday.
Gieh, however, paid his fine of $1,000.
! The penitentiary sentences were de-
! ferred till October 18th.
Three priests are about to start
from Victoria to recover the body
of Archbishop Seghers, now In
Alaska. The spot on the Yukon
river which they have to reach is
1000 miles distant and it will be a
year before the body can be return
ed to Victoria.
The emperors William and
Francis Joseph had dramatic
parting at Ems. The kaiser said,
by the Almighty's leave, au
revoir till next year" Francis
Joseph replied to the aged monarch,
1T is sure and certain y They
kissed again and again in tears.
, 1887-08-18
shipping totes.


I'm. ship BoEemia. Trask. arrived last
Monday, I days from san Francisco
and pr, ceeied to Departure Bay where
she loads 4 return cargo Of coal. She
made lEo round trip from that port and
di8eharged 2450 tons coal IN # days.
Bari, d. c. Murray, Montandon, ar
rived Yesterday at San Pedro with a
cargo of lumber, IG days from Seattle.
Bark Fresno, Lewis, arrived yesterday
from Frisco ard proceeded 20 Gamble.
Bari, CowIitz. GaamouS, arrived yes
tagday is"m Frisco and proceeded TO
Gamble.
Bark Sagamo-r. Hansou, arrived yes
terday from Frisco apI proceeded to
| Gamble.
Ship Oriental arrived Yesterday from
Frisco and proceeded t. Tacoma She
made the round trip in 80 days; this be
ing the quickest trip Of the season.
Am. bark Amelia, Newhan, arrived
this morning from Honolulu for orders
Br. bark Titiana, Duncan, arrived in
Royal Roads last Saturday, and proceed
ed to Esquimalt,
Br. bark Helenslda, Reid. arrived at
Royal Roads Saturday.
Bark Aureoa, Fullerton, arrived yes
terday, 81 days from San Francisco, and
proceeded to Tacoma where she loads Il
return cargo Of coal This vessel made
the round trip in 81 days. this being the
longest trip.
Bark Germania. De Wolf. arrived yes
teTday, Is days from San Francisco and
proceeded to Seattle where she loads a
return cargo Of c...i. She made the trip
in 40 days,
Ship Yosemite, Saun iers, arrived yes
terday, IS days from San Francisco, and
proceeded TO Tacoma y ere she loads a
return cargo of coal. She made the
round trip in 81 days.
Ship Hindusttn, Welsh; previously re-
ported as having sailed, is detained at
Burrards Inlet fo- want of a crew. Her
destination is Valparaiso.
Ship Nordsjernen, Nelson, loaded at
Port Hadlock with 100000 f. lumber
will be towed to sea this evening by Tug
Holyoke, Her destination is San Fran
crsco. This is the first cargo of lumber
that was ever taken in a foreign vessel
from here to a coastwise port.
The Br bark Won Moltke, Meyers,
which has been laid up in Victoria since
De %, 1886 will he loaded with cargo
of lumber and coal in day or two and
sails for San Francisco.
Ship Commodore. Jordan, loaded with
Nanaimo coal, was towed to sea last Sat
drday, bound to San Francisco.
Ship Challenger, Thompson will sail
today with a load OF Departure Bay coal
( bound TO San Fraucisco.
Br ship J. V Troop, Farpsworth, az
rived i'll Royal Roads Saturday. The
! tug Alexander las flowed her TO Depart
ure Bay where she loads with coal for
! San Pedro
, 1887-08-18

\ WONDERFUL, FIsH.-Un,.er this cap
ton the Sailors Magazine Tor August
tells of fish found in Goose Lake, Ore
gon, which fills itself with air till it be-
comes like q round ball and in this shape
it goes bobbiug about on tte surface of
the water like an animated soap bubble.
Several weeks ago, says the veraciOus
narrator, hunter saw crane swallow
one OF these fish when III its normal con
ditioD, but before the c:ane had Z t more
than fifty feet up above the lakn the fish
had taken enough air to explode the
crane which blew up and burst into at
oms with report as loud as I'm The
fish came lightly down on the wa,~- no
worse off for lis short ride in the air,
This yarn is something like the Port Ad-
miral used to spin about Il famous kind
of bread which is made In the Grecian
ArchipelaEo, of fionr like that OF which
maccarroni is made It Is baked in thin
waters rs hard AS flint. When 1t is 10
be ussi a biscuit is dipped in boiling
water till soft, then a quill Inserted in
the re aud loaf of a.'lu IS blown up
which is the best in The world, healthy
and Dour.shing. On one occasion the
cook put some of tins bread in duff
ard tied the string OF the duff bag too
tight The pudding exploded, taking
off the roof of The galley and knocking
the pots to pieces. A piece OF the pot
lid bit the cook in the eye and blinded
him for life.
We think the fish and bread yarns
match each other pretty well. The Ad-
miraPs new yarn will be the next in or
der. After that. We will have one from
Del
, 1887-08-18
NaLe mo JEistGAt-

By dispcliing the symptoms so often mistaken
for 'Coutuupuou. SANTA ABLE has brought
gladnrsS 10 many : household By Is prompi
use for breaking IN the cold that too often devei
ops into that fatal di ease, thousands can J'
saved from an unIimeiy grave. 1GH make NJ
mistake by keeping bO lie of This pleas NJ rem
etlv in voar house CALIFORNlA CAi-It
CURE Is equally effective in Graduating ali trace
of Nasal CataIrh. EOlh Of these wonderful & Il
ifornia remedies are sold and warranted by DIR
j. u. Minkler. sl.G0 package, 3 for $3.50.
, 1887-08-18
EoUFSTisiS Items.
AUG. 9, 1.S7

Aug. 9, 1887.
Messrs. Dyer and Kinheth have sold
the steamer Seattle TO A-es.rs. Ed. Bar.
rington of Oak Harbor and =. Neunan
of Seattle.
Schooner Utsalady ia hauled out in
Coupeville, being somewhat remoddied
having Il round stern put on. Mr.. II.
Lovejoy is experimenting the work.
Capt. Swift is also having extensive
repairs and alterations put on the dwell
ling recently purchased by him.
The hay crop has been housed and
harvesting commenced.
Capt. Love and family have been with
friends in Coupevine for a few days.
Miss Hayden of Olympia aud Miss
Brehm of Oakland, Cal, are rHsticating
and sketchipg at the Light House.
, 1887-08-18

Anyone wishing to purchase q Jer-
sey Bull IA months old, or ii half-blood
Durham 26 months old. should apply to
me at ouce-before purchasing elsewhere.
July 20. BENZ. y. PETTYGRovE.
, 1887-08-18

$4,000 worth of new Dry and Fancy
Goods arrived. Eastern cash prices.
Send for samples. CHESTER CLEARY,
Seattle, w T.
, 1887-08-18
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
JAMES .. EhlNKLER, ri. D.
ppD1 FpnWNGENn W ~

ufice and Dug Store, n:ar the Custom House.
iaosidence, Mrs. E. BarthFop's house formerly
occupied by Capt. Oliver, ON Taylor street.
Telephone in drug store, accessible day or
aighI. No. of telephone Tor residence, 81. No
Of telephone for Office. %.
sS Once hours; 10 -, /. ", = % and7 TO
IP.M Teps0d&wtf
, 1887-08-18
IN Ahselu;e Cnre.

The Original Ab.eIine Ointment is only put u
in largo iWo ounce lin boxes md i an absolut,
cIre fo- Old Sor :. Duin-. wounds, chappe'
hands. aad all -Siu erUpsions. win poSitivel
, IRE all kinds OF piles. As!S for the Origin.
Abietiue Ointment. Sold by DR.. JAS. d. Min
Ter III - cents Per hOx-hy mail 30 cents,
, 1887-08-18

Mr.. S. e. Cummings has re-opened his
barber shop in the Cosmopolitan Hotel
building, opposite the First National
Bank-and will be pleased to see all bis
friends aud customers there. APRIL
, 1887-08-18

Au interest in Sash and Door Fac.
tory doing a good business-for sale at
a bargain. For particulars apply at
this office.
, 1887-08-18

Don't suffer from corns. when YOU can
get bottle of the InfdIibEe Corn Cure
for % cents at the PIT. Il. Shoe store. No
cure, money refunded.
Write for samples and prices to the
leading dry goods house of Seattle.
CHESTER GIEARY,
Latimer X Co. have nice line of
blank books. leatheg bound .edgers aud
journals. Ca.i and examire
For RENT.-Two nice furnis ed rooms
ION the hill. inquire ut Latin.ar's drus
store.
, 1887-08-18

The Original Ahietine Ointment Is only put
up in llrae twO-Ounce I'm boxes, and = au absC-
lutte care for old sores. bUrns, wounds, cAapp,
hands and all skin erUytin-s. WIZ rG.i1iye v
cure ali kinds OF pil-s. A~.- Tor Ihr original
Abietine Ointment. - cents per boz. For sale
by JAs. ID. AIISELER, NJ. ID. Druggist, Agent OF
Company.
, 1887-08-18
House to rent. Inquire at Jas. Jones

Forty acres, partly improved, water
front, rich land, on Orcas Island. Can
be purchased for 5000 Inqnire at the
Argus real estate agency
, 1887-08-18
NOrihgcSscra HEa$ausc Aid .ss&Ocia-
ZION OF Chicago.

Organized in lS.i, has now 40l1l members;
has paid 10 benetlciaries 50 .2jhUOO. The benefits
of life insurance furnished at actual cost: EN-
plOys lis own medical examiners; tn largest,
cheapest, aud most reliable represented on the
Coast; now takes in uon-MasOns between 81 and
- ys.rs OF are. Good solicitors wanted. Apply
Jo - A Bond, 81 California street. san Fran
cisco, General Agent for tie Pacific Coast wd$
Delicate persona. and al whose systems have
become dcbIitatcd, should tear in mind that
simmons Liver Ipgu'a, OF l. not 4 drastic. purE-
Ing medicine, does not weaken or depletc the
system as other pUrEltlys> Do, but UCt1 gently
l. viii inyigoTate like :. Ass OF VINE, but is no
Intoxicating beverage tu Lead 10 intcmpCrancc; ;
viii promote digestion, d!sSipaie headache, and
generally tone up I he system.
Hon. Alex. IT. stephens, Of GI say: " Sim
mons Ltyer Regulator i mild and suits me bat
ter than mora active remedies
, 1887-08-18
AN ANIBULAEC


examination would reveal 4 most horri-
BILE state of affairs which | VIII explain
hereafter"
a lady in apparently good health,
who rarely complained and then only
occasionally, OF some slight and tran
slent Ill feeling, as nearly every one
does at some time or other took Il long
walk with her husband, and upon re-
turning home, feeling particularly well, ,
went to her room 10 remove her bonnet.
ami, while standing in front of the
mirror, fell to the floor in 4 convu!sion.
followed by twenty-four hours of un-
consciousness and death without 4 re-
turn to consciousness. \ post-Inortem
examination revealed the true cause in
most horrible form
"A young married man for years suf-
tered from dyspepsia, for which he con-
suited many physicians. After suffer
ing in this way, and having no other
symptoms Of disease, lie awoke one
morning to find very slight swelling,
scarcely more than puiiiHess under one
eye. In less than month he was dead
Now the real and terrible cause OF all
these deaths was Bright's disease of the
kidneys, and they might all have been
avoided had the unfortunate victims
known what horrible maladv was
fastened upon them. But Bright's dis
case has no symptoms Of its own. 1t
steals into the system ike thief, and
deceives its victim by showing the symp-
toms OF nearly every other disease.
But what can be done?
Take it in time.
Ii you feel unaccountably tired; it
You have peculiar pressing pains; if
your appetite is uncertain; if your heaG
aches occasionally If your sleep IS ir-
regular; ii the fluids passed are profuse
or scanty, do not delay, but use the
best known means for escaping agony
and death before il is q r, =
too late. For this pur- IL
pose there is II remedy. Tsh -.
and the only one that .1ssS,c:ydl ~ 8
has ever proven abso- iEs<s5I%SS59 III y9j69}yj;
luteiv certain. Hunts sTfA Ess,5 1;s
Remedy has never bee n t.<zs .z!s--..SSs - q
equaled, and it is Tie -~-44sss 6 ESE-
only absolute one
known to the medical LIKE THIEF.
profession. There are thousands Of
men ana women to-day who enjoy per-
feet health who wogId he in their graves
had ii not been ioi this wonderful rem
edy, and there are thousands of others
who require ii without an hours DELAY.
This is no idle statement, but truth
drawn from cases which arc beyond
question.
, 1887-08-18
Be;fer tfian enid.

Can b. truIy laid OF tl.at new and ctiieacioHs
remedy Tor JGI-umptiun and diseases of the
Throat, Chest and Ii :, santa Abic, for it is
pleasant IN ih4 palate and death to cold
Every bottle warranted hy JAS. j. MINKIEE, the
Druggist.
, 1887-08-18

GUARANTEED. \ POSITIVE CURE FOB
" CatarTh Cold in the Head. .i&y Fever Ro'f
Cold, Catarrhal Deafne-s and sorn Fyer- Re-
stores the sense of taste and smell; removes
bad taste and unpleasant breath, rcsHliint
from CataTrh. Easy and pheasant 10 use Fol.
low directions ana cure i warranted by 81
Druggists. 81 per box: SIlO by mail. Send fo'-
circular 10 ABiETISE MEDICAL con-
PANN. OroNiIle. Cnl. AsS for
, 1887-08-18

White or colored underwear mt 30 cts
at NJ. Borusteia's San Francisco Store. !
, 1887-08-18

n. ID. Hills Sons arc agents for th
famous Weber and Decker Pianos.
, 1887-08-18

~ . W 'haA'A t't E-4' ~ II
4 man or woman who
has been found un-
conscious on the street
and supposed to be in
tUNiCatCd. He would
.bc removed to the hos
.pital, where he would
Iin@er unconscious fOr
twenty-foT or twenty
six hours and then die.
In a majority OF these
, 1887-08-18
Hawaiian Consul.

OFFICE HAWAIIAN CONSULATE,
Port Townsend, W. T., Aug. 2S, 'S4.
4 LII VESSELS Bound to any OF the Ports ia
- the Hawaiian Kingdom are required 10
have consular cevtii Gates of invoices and GER
tiicates of the origin of goods All necessary
s.li;ers and Information furnished On appliCl'
ton to JAMES q. SWAN
II. III. Ms Consul, Van IIOkkelen-s Building,
d&W:tf Adams St. Pert Townsend.
, 1887-08-18

Ask Your Grocer for Argyle Oatmeal.
, 1887-08-18

When Baby vas sick, We savo her Castoria,
When she Wa Child, she e.iod for Castoria
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
Whom she had CkIdEca, she gave tho:n Castoria
, 1887-08-18
Santa ABLE AND cAr-It CUR
JuHlbO-Junlbo.

For sale by JAS. d HISKIER, ". D., Druggist
Agent OF Company.
, 1887-08-18
a FATAL DELUS.ON.
The Eancied Security and Appalling
PeriIs of People Revealed.
The eminent scientist and author.

The eminent scientist and author. DR.
Joseph f. Edwards OF Philadelphia. re-
lates the following wonderful cxucri-
ences:
During my term as resident Physi-
ci;n III the medical wards oi the Phila-
dclphid Hospital, il was 4 common o.
currcnce for an ambulance call to be
received from one of the down town
station houses. Upon reaching the
place designated, we wcuII bc shown
, 1887-08-18

and death before it is
too late. For this pur-
pose there is II remedy.
and the only one that
has ever proven absO-
iuteiv certain. Hunts
Remedy has never be-, n
equalcd, and it is the
only absolute one
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-06-02
lWeaning Young Pigs.

foung pigs should be weaned grad
ually, and the weaving may begin at
two weeks Of age. The young pigs will
then take little warm skinned milk
out Of shallow pan II one Is caught
and held with Its mouth to tho milk,
and when one begins 10 drink tho rest
will soon join II. After this the pigs
will come frequently into d small pen
for tho feed Il an opening Is mado for
them. and at four weeks tho sow may
DO separated from tho pigs. After tho
first few days q little boiled bran and
meal may bc added 10 tho milk. but no
moro than q quarter Of q pint for each
should DO given at ono meal and four
meals a day. This Is ample for pigs up
to six weeks old. when the rauions may
DO cincreased gradually at intervals Of
q week In proportion to the growth. At
this period Of q pigs life there Is more
danger Of oyotfeoding than at any 9TH
er.-rM X Times. s-l A. 49,